Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Features
- Installing the hardware
- Downloading and Installing the software
- Programming a Phidget
- Technical Section
- The PhidgetAdvancedServo software component uses degrees to specify position, velocity, and acceleration. The degree unit is translated into a pulse sent to the servo, but it’s up to the servo to translate this signal into a particular position. This translation varies between servo models and manufacturers so our degree abstraction will not be exactly the same as the servo you are using. Our degree abstraction is based on the HS322-HD servo, which is typically 10.4uS per degree.
- API Section
- We document API calls specific to the 1066. Functions common to all Phidgets are not covered here. This documentation is deliberately generic. For calling conventions in a specific language, refer to that language’s API manual.
- Device Specifications
- Mechanical Drawing
- Product History
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capability to communicate with Phidgets on another computer that has the PhidgetWebService
running.
The PhidgetWebService also makes it possible to communicate with other applications that
you wrote and that are connected to the PhidgetWebService, through the PhidgetDictionary
object.
Documentation
Programming Manual
The Phidget Programming Manual documents the Phidgets software programming model in
a language and device unspecific way, providing a general overview of the Phidgets API as a
whole.
Getting Started Guides
We have written Getting Started Guides for most of the languages that we support. If the
manual exists for the language you want to use, this is the first manual you want to read. The
Guides can be found under Programming and are listed under the appropriate language.
API documentation
We maintain API references for COM (Windows), C (Windows/Mac OSX/Linux), Action Script,
.Net and Java. These references document the API calls that are common to all Phidgets.
These API References can be found under Programming and are listed under the appropriate
language. To look at the API calls for a specific Phidget, check its Product Manual.
Code Samples
We have written sample programs to illustrate how the APIs are used.
Due to the large number of languages and devices we support, we cannot provide examples
in every language for every Phidget. Some of the examples are very minimal, and other
examples will have a full-featured GUI allowing all the functionality of the device to be explored.
Most developers start by modifying existing examples until they have an understanding of the
architecture.
Go to Programming to see if there are code samples written for your device. Find the
language you want to use and click on the magnifying glass besides “Code Sample”. You will get
a list of all the devices for which we wrote code samples in that language.
Support
Call the support desk at 1.403.282.7335 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Mountain Time (US & •
Canada) - GMT-07:00
E-mail support@phidgets.com•